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- August 2000 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
The Atchison Corporation (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower
A new general manager uses a profit-center-based system to shake up an old line company. He then faces the task of placating a board member upset by the human consequences. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Profit; Human Resources; Change Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design
Bower, Joseph L. "The Atchison Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-020, August 2000. (Revised August 2018.)
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Leadership Is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Leadership Is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-882-7C.)
- May 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Teradyne: Managing Disruptive Change
By: Joseph L. Bower
Three cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change provides historic and administrative background for the other two cases. Teradyne: The Aurora Project deals with the problems... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology
Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: Managing Disruptive Change." Harvard Business School Case 397-112, May 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- February 1996 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Brown Group, Inc.--The Dividend Decision
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Brown Group, Inc.--The Dividend Decision." Harvard Business School Case 396-265, February 1996. (Revised November 1998.)
- February 1996 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
WPP--Integrating Icons to Leverage Knowledge
By: Joseph L. Bower
Martin Sorrell has used WPP to acquire a large portfolio of marketing service firms including J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather. How did he make this minnow-swallows-many-whales trick work, and can he make the whole into something bigger than the parts? View Details
Bower, Joseph L. "WPP--Integrating Icons to Leverage Knowledge." Harvard Business School Case 396-249, February 1996. (Revised April 2003.)
- 1986
- Article
L'Etat et l'entreprise: la guerre de cent ans
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "L'Etat et l'entreprise: la guerre de cent ans." Gestion: Revue internationale de gestion 11, no. 3 (1986).
- 1986
- Book
When Markets Quake
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Markets
Bower, Joseph L. When Markets Quake. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1986.
- October 1989
- Case
PaineWebber: Institutional Equity Division
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "PaineWebber: Institutional Equity Division." Harvard Business School Case 390-065, October 1989.
- November 1988 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Montedison--1986
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Montedison--1986." Harvard Business School Case 389-067, November 1988. (Revised July 1990.)
- August 1984
- Case
Competitive Positioning in the Dishwasher Industry (D): General Electric (GE)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Competitive Positioning in the Dishwasher Industry (D): General Electric (GE)." Harvard Business School Case 385-048, August 1984.
- August 1984
- Case
Competitive Positioning in the Dishwasher Industry (A): The Dishwasher Market
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Competitive Positioning in the Dishwasher Industry (A): The Dishwasher Market." Harvard Business School Case 385-045, August 1984.
- September 1974 (Revised June 1986)
- Case
William D. Ruckelshaus and the Environmental Protection Agency
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Government Administration; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Government Relations; United States
Bower, Joseph L. "William D. Ruckelshaus and the Environmental Protection Agency." Harvard Business School Case 375-083, September 1974. (Revised June 1986.)
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
Joseph L. Bower, Managing the Resource Allocation Process: A Study of Corporate Planning and Investment Process, (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1970) Joseph View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 1973 (Revised December 1973)
- Case
Raadgevend Bureau IR. B.W. Berenschot N.V. (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Raadgevend Bureau IR. B.W. Berenschot N.V. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 373-180, January 1973. (Revised December 1973.)
- September 1972 (Revised August 1989)
- Background Note
Simple Economic Tools for Strategic Analysis
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Simple Economic Tools for Strategic Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 373-094, September 1972. (Revised August 1989.)
- December 1971
- Case
Tappan Co.
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Tappan Co." Harvard Business School Case 372-159, December 1971.
- February 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Teaching Note
Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 2 (TN)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for 311031. View Details